How to change alignment?

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This is not as stupid a question as it sounds :)

I am having a problem in my current game. Early on, when making the initial rush for colonies, I chose one evil path for one of the random events. Very early on, however, it seemed as though the Altarians were going to be the most powerful civ, so I began choosing the good stuff. However, my alignment never got back above 50. In fact, I started watching it, and the last three good paths that I chose only raised my alignment by 1 point!!! I didn't check at the time, but the evil event I chose had to have decreased my alignment by at least 10. And at least two of the good events were pretty costly (-3 morale penalty society-wide).

Now, even though I am almost neutral (47), the Altarians are treating me like I am evil, and they are going to try to cleanse the galaxy of my presence! And I think they might succeed, considering the Torians are also very powerful.

So my question is, is there any way to increase your alignment other than a) waiting for random events, which only appear to affect my alignment by 1 point each time, or b) doing the cheezy tactic of building colony ships over and over and colonizing planets with 1 million population, destroy, repeat?
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Reply #1 from Stardock Forums Top
I think you're stuck with your past choices and their consequences. You can, of course, donate money to the Altarians. This won't, per se, improve your alignment, but it will improve your relations with them until you get enough random events to be considered good.
Reply #2 from Stardock Forums Top
I agree that the point gain or loss for some events seems totally out of whack relative to the cost/benefit, but events only happen so fast. (Barring any colonization cheeses, of course.) Alignment as it is written now is not meant to be like changing socks. This is something one has to live with for a while, even if the neighbors get a bit upset. And even if the powers-that-be allow us to choose a starting alignment later, there could still be a case where the neighborhood is unfriendly, so one can still be seen as public enemy #1. The point being: alignment is not a convenient lifestyle choice, it is a matter of reputation and consequences that should have no quick way of being changed even if we can pick where it starts.
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